Developing Sap's R/3 Applications With Abap/4

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Summary: Not even for beginners I would recommend it.
Review: 4 times I needed to check or find something, 4 times it didn't help me. And if you want to learn abap....take a course. This is a bible without the New and the Old testament, but just an incomplete table of contents.

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Summary: Good book for understanding ABAP/4 Concepts
Review: A book that explains ABAP/4 concepts with great details. An excellent book for SAP developers. Good value for the money spent. Of course no mention of SAPScript in the book. Hope the authors include SAPScript in the next issue.

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Summary: A great guide for new and old ABAPers
Review: A great guide to ABAP development for the range of ABAP experienced people. For those new to the SAP development world it is very comprehensive, for those already emeshed in the SAP world there are many gems of wisdom to be found

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Summary: One of the worst I've ever read.
Review: After three years of ABAP consulting I don't know why I haven't burned this book. I got it in an official SAP training class, and it was written by two of the company's software engineers, but it is one of the worst examples of software writing I have ever seen. Many of the keywords of the language are not even in the index, and most of the subject matter is covered only in broad strokes, meaning that the book does not tell you how to do much of what is really available in the language, not even point out that anything else might exist. It was only by reading existing code and trying to use this book to find out what it meant that I came to realize how inadequate it is.

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Summary: One of the worst I've ever read.
Review: After three years of ABAP consulting I don't know why I haven't burned this book. I got it in an official SAP training class, and it was written by two of the company's software engineers, but it is one of the worst examples of software writing I have ever seen. Many of the keywords of the language are not even in the index, and most of the subject matter is covered only in broad strokes, meaning that the book does not tell you how to do much of what is really available in the language, not even point out that anything else might exist. It was only by reading existing code and trying to use this book to find out what it meant that I came to realize how inadequate it is.

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Summary: Good introduction to ABAP but lacking.
Review: General idea of the basic ABAP features are fair and satisfactory. Not much detail on the movement within the R/3 Workbench interface may leave the reader confused as to where he/she is at. References to GUI objects such as buttons, icons and menu bars and etc. doesn't match with those on the illustrations occassionally when reading along. Amazingly, this book is actually much better than most books in the market with the new demand for SAP and lack of good SAP/ABAP authors.

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Summary: Good as an Overview - Not as an ABAP Reference
Review: I found that as an introduction to SAP this book was helpful. However, when the time came for more advanced ABAP programming and concepts, this book was of very little help. Other introductory ABAP books are much more comprehensive than this one.

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Summary: A good introduction to know ABAP/4 programming
Review: I've been covered all ABAP/4 knowledge before I read this book. But, when I see this book, not put all ABAP/4 basic material to understand. Such as : Batch Input from Data Interface. This knowledge is really important when you want join in SAP area. In advance, maybe you can learn from another advanced book.

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Summary: This book is a must for a beginner !
Review: If you are just starting out with ABAP/4 Programming, you need this book. Sure this book won't cover hundreds of details on one topic, but it gives you a strong foundation for learning basic to intermediate level before moving onto an advanced level book.

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Summary: Strictly for beginners!
Review: If you are new to programming (and not just with ABAP/4), you might find this book useful. However, if you are any more advanced, you are not going to learn anything here! The few more advanced topics that are covered here, are also only mentioned and not covered in depth.